[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 208 (Tuesday, October 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 55826]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28512]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[AZ917-AZA29960]


Notice of Proposed Decision of Exchange of Lands in Maricopa and 
Pima Counties, Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that on October 17, 1997 Michael A. 
Taylor, Phoenix Field Office Manager, approved the proposed land 
exchange between the Bureau of Land Management, Phoenix Field Office 
and Tucson Mountain Investors, L.L.C. The proposed decision, the 
Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) and the Environmental 
Assessment (EA) are available for public review at the State Office, 
222 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85004. Copies can also be 
obtained by calling Alicia A. Leone at (602) 417-9567. The following 
described federal land has been determined to be suitable for transfer 
out of federal ownership by exchange pursuant to Section 206 of the 
Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (U.S.C. 1716), as 
amended:

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 5 N., R. 1 W.,
    Sec. 1, lots 1-7, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, S\1/2\NW\1/4\, SW\1/4\, W\1/
2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 3, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 4, SW\1/4\SW\1/4\, SW\1/4\SE\1/4\, W\1/2\SE\1/4\SW\1/
4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 5, E\1/2\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 7, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\S\1/2\NE\1/4\, NE\1/4\NW\1/4\;
    Sec. 8, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, E\1/2\W\1/2\E\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/
2\E\1/2\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\;
    Sec. 9, all;
    Sec. 10, all;
    Sec. 11, all;
    Sec. 14, lots 1-10, NW\1/4\NE\1/4\, N\1/2\NW\1/4\, NE\1/4\SW\1/
4\, S\1/2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 15, lots 1-10, N\1/2\NE\1/4\, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, NW\1/4\, N\1/
2\SW\1/4\;
    Sec. 22, N\1/2\N\1/2\, SW\1/4\NW\1/4\.

    The area described contains 4,322.40 acres.


    In exchange the United States will acquire the following described 
land from Tucson Mountain Investors, L.L.C.:

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 13 S., R. 12 E.,
    Sec. 10, part of;
    Sec. 11, part of.

    The area described contains 632.78 acres more or less.


    Approval of the exchange is to implement the Phoenix Resource 
Management Plan Decision which identified the selected federal lands 
for disposal and on development information submitted by Noranda 
Properties, Inc. Acquisition of the private lands was authorized by 
Public Law 103-364, signed into law in October 1994, which added 3,460 
acres to the park and changed the name from Saguaro National Monument 
to Saguaro National Park. Resource values of the private lands enhance 
the resource management within the Saquaro National Park. The offered 
lands contain representative Sonoran Desert vegetation in excellent 
condition. The diversity of vegetation, representing the paloverde/
saguaro/mixed cactus and ironwood associations, provides important 
habitat for some of the sensitive wildlife species which occur in the 
Arizona Upland vegetation type. Also as part of the Saguaro National 
Park, the area will be accessible to hikers, horseback riders, 
birdwatchers, botanists and students of natural history. The public 
interest will be served by making the exchange.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties may submit comments and/or protests 
concerning the Proposed Decision for the exchange to the Bureau of Land 
Management, Phoenix Field Office 2015 West Deer Valley Road, Phoenix, 
Arizona 85027. Comments must be in writing to the Field Office Manager 
and be postmarked within 45 days from the publication of this notice.


    Dated: October 17, 1997.
Michael A. Taylor,
Field Manager.
[FR Doc. 97-28512 Filed 10-27-97; 8:45 am]
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